Improvement in washing-machines



B. F. GOMSTOGK. Washing-Machine.

No. 200,896. Patented March 5, I878.

WITNESS ATTORNEYS.

N.PETERS. PHOTdMTHOGRAPHEH. WASHlNGTON, D C

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BENJAMIN GOMSTQCK, OF LINCOLN, ILLINOIS.

1 IMPROVEMENT In WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No..200,896, dated March 5, 1878; application filed November 16,1877.

of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines, of which the following isa specification:

section of my improved machine, taken through the line :20 m, Fig. 3. Fig.2 is a vertical crosssection of the same,v taken through the line 3/ y, Fig.1. Fig; 3. is a top viewofthe'same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- The object of this invention is to furnish an improved washing-machine which shall be put together without nails, so thatthe various parts may not be liable to become loose by the rusting off of the nails, and which shall be simple in construction, convenientin use,

and efl'ective in operation.

Theinvention will first be'described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed outin the claim." i i A arethe side boards, the lower edges of which are curved upon the arcs of circles. ,The side boards A, ata little distance from their curved lower edges, aregroovedto receive the edges of bottom B.

the zinc or galvanized-iron The end edges of the bottom B are inserted,

.in grooves in the 'loweredges of the end boards 0, which'are attachedto the upper as a con The side boards Aand 'bottom B are held togeth'erby three bolts, D, which passthrough the said side boardsA below the bottomB;

Tyvo of'the longwboltsHD also passthrough the legs E, by which the machine is'snpported, and thus secure the said legs in place. Tothe lower edges of the side boards 'Ais attached a zinc, sheet-iron, or tin .false bottom, F, to "form an airspace or chamber to keep thesudswarm'. I I h s I G are twocurved bars, cast of zinc, to correspondwit-hthe" curve of-the bottom B, and

which have sockets cast in them toreceive the ends of the slats .H, to form the lower or stationary rubber. The slats H are arranged diagonally, as shown in Fig. 3, and are raised a little above the bottom B, so that the water may pass beneath them freely.

I are the side boards of the movable rubher, which are made in the form of sectors of circles, which are connected together near their curved edges by three cross-bars, J, and

by the rod K, which passes through them at or near the centers of the circles of which they form a part, and through the bars L, attached to them.

The ends of the rod K project to enter and work in slots in the side boards A, which slots are closed by metal plates M, attached to the outer sides of said boards A. The upper ends of the bars or levers L are connected by a round, N, which serves as a handle in operating the machine.

To the curved edges of the side boards I are attached curved bars 0, cast of zinc, and in which are cast sockets to receive the ends of the movable slats P. The slats P are arranged diagonally in the opposite direction from the slats H, as shown in Fig. 3.

By this construction the slats H P will be firmly and securely held in place without being nailed, so that they will not be liable to become loose by the rusting ofi of the said nails. One end of the suds-box is inclined more than the other, to adapt it to receive a movable wash-board, Q, thelower end of which rests against the end of the lower rubber G H to keep it in place, and which is itself held in place by a bar, button, or other fastening.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by.Letters Patent- The combination of side boards A, bottom BENJ. F. ooMsTooK.

Witnesses: W. HUNGERFORD,

H. H. SMITH. 

